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1987

Legislation

University of Georgia School of Law

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Legal Evolution And Legislation, Alan Watson Jan 1987

Legal Evolution And Legislation, Alan Watson

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For several years I have been working on two relationships: the relationship between legal rules and the society in which they operate, and the relationship between sources of law and the way law evolves. Some critics have suggested that in discussing the evolution of law, I have understated the revolutionary force of legislation and statutory law. This issue will be the focus of this article.